Bob went bankrupt. Bob's house was in foreclosure several times and it may have been sold because of a final foreclosure.
Bob was told to basically 'pack his bags' by members of the financial team bleeding money in torrents from the housing market collapse and Bob's unwillingness to demonstrate respect, reason, reality and responsibility towards the residents of San Pedro, eastern Rancho Palos Verdes and other communities near the Ponte Vista site.
Dr. Michael Brophy will repeat to you that he is the Sixth President of Marymount College, in "Palos Verdes". Yes, I have heard him say on recording, "Palos Verdes".
Dr. Michael Brophy's assistants stood with him to request an extension on completing The Marymount College Facilities Expansion Project, ultimately approved by our City Council with a 5-0 vote on final passage.
Dr. Brophy was also informed that the Appeal to The Project was turned down, I believe also by a 5-0 vote.
Dr. Brophy and/or his representatives agreed to the stipulations that The Project be completed in "Eight Years". This agreement was for a period of a longer time period Marymount representatives originally sought.
Now, according to a new Press Release, Dr. Brophy is going to seek an even longer extension to, TWENTY YEARS!. Really? Really!
Dr. Brophy and his team received original approval to begin Phase I of The Project several years ago.
Dr. Brophy and his associates have not truly viewed any demolition or new parking lots approved of in Phase I and there is no indication that any work towards using the provisions Dr. Brophy agreed to in Phase I, being started.
I think Dr. Brophy first need to explain to the voters in our city why he decided to interject more Marymount College issues into our municipal election.
He could have waited until November 9, now less than two months away.
Now, those who might support extending The Project's timeline out and those who oppose that being approved, will have to explain their views to an electorate who are fed up with dealing with Marymount College-related issues. This is the case whether you favor Marymount's new plans or not.
Our seven active candidates for the three City Council seats have more than enough issues to deal with that are more important than one business in our city, I feel.
I would image that if Dr. Brophy is serious about hoping voters elect three candidates who favor an extension, he puts up funds into an escrow account for the purposes of work related to the repair of San Ramon Canyon, demonstrating his willingness to work with the community he now whats 12 more years from.
It took over ten years to get what Dr. Brophy agreed to, approved and signed into new ordinances and guidelines. He and his associates certainly had far longer time periods to get what needed to be done done, that Bob did.
Both individuals had their chances. Both of them were found to be non-compliant with the will and votes of the residents of the communities they wished to increase development in.
Both were and are victims of current economy problems, but that has never been nor will be the fault of the residents who live near the two project sites.
The current zoning at Ponte Vista at San Pedro allows for up to 429-single family, detached residential dwellings, all sitting on lots of not less than 5,000 square feet. That type of housing density is designated "R1".
The Ponte Vista site has a residential dwelling zoning of R1 and many of Bob's activities directly led to all loss of any 'mandate' to allow for greater dwelling density.
This is something the new developers of Ponte Vista at San Pedro will soon learn they will have to deal with.
Bob blew it. He was arrogant. He was demanding. He was narcissistic in his resolve that he know more than others what is best for the community in and around his project's site.
Bob changed what he wanted, but it was too late, by then. Even a lowering of total numbers of residential units and a lessening of the size and numbers of businesses inside Ponte Vista could stem the bad blood Bob drew.
Now and certainly again, Dr. Brophy wishes to change the rules as far as Rancho Palos Verdes goes. The rules he wants to see changes to are the very same rules he agreed to and sadly, some rules that have been violated, at the College's Palos Verdes Drive East site.
What is even more problematic is that we are going to see more negativity towards Marymount College by those who will offer proof that Marymount College officials may not be adhering to mandates, ordinances and guidelines that may be continuing to be violated.
Most of Bob's problems at Ponte Vista at San Pedro were created by Bob. It can be shown that many of the negative issues now circulating around Marymount College's R.P.V. site are either directly caused by or possibly approved of by Dr. Michael Brophy.
The issues about the Fume Hood is one example. We are all going to learn more about the parking situations on surface streets near Marymount's R.P.V. campus and how guidelines are probably basically ignored by the staff of Marymount College and by many students who attend class there.
I've written this before, but again with the Press Release, I need to repeat it again.
As long as Dr. Michael Brophy continues along the path he has chosen and still remains employed in his capacity by the Board of Trustees of Marymount College, nothing truly positive will happen when considering The Marymount College Facilities Expansion Project, a project I support, endorse and wish would have been deep into Phase I over a year ago.
While I applaud Marymount's increasing presence in downtown San Pedro, I have to consider that as long as Dr. Brophy is the President of Marymount College, that school will continue to face unnecessary burdens that it needn't founder under.
In the Press Release, Dr. Brophy appears to acknowledge that his plans for dorms on Marymount's main campus is no longer being considered. This is because of his request for the extension of The Project out 20 years, a Project that does not include on-campus housing for students in the city of Rancho Palos Verdes.
I want Phase I to begin. I wanted it begun last Summer.
I feel with the interjection of the request to extend The Project's timeline out and what all of the candidates will quickly have to respond to, is something Dr. Brophy should not have done and I hope he does not get away with it.
Bob's gone. When will Michael go?
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